Mouse-trap.



H. A. QUESTROY. MOUSE TRAP. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1, 1911.

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Application filed February 1, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. QUnsrRoY, a subject of the Kin of Belgium,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and Im' provedMouse-Trap, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to a new and improved form of mouse or rat trap. v

An object of my invention is to provide a means to kill the mouse or ratat the time it is caught.

A further object of my invention is to provide a simply constructed traphaving relatively few parts which might get out of order, and which isstrong and durable.

With the above and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafterappear, the present invention consists in certain novel details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointedout in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures, and in which- Figure 1 is afront elevation of my trap, showing some of the parts in dotted outline;Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the trap on the line22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the planeindicated by the line 33 of Fig. 2, and looking in the direction of thearrow; and Fig. & is a transverse sectional view taken on the line H ofFig. 2.

In the several figures I have disclosed a substantially rectangle-shapedbox 1, of any preferred construction or size having a door 2 in one ofits faces. Opening into the box from the door 2, is a small compartment3, comprising a side wall 1 in line with one edge of the door 2 andhaving a removable back closure 5, which closure may be raised by meansof a projecting handle 6. This compartment has a cover 7 extending fromthe wall 4 to the next adjacent side 8 on the opposite side of the dooropening 2. The forward end of the wall 4:, adjacent the door opening 2,is recessed at 9, into which recess is adapted to move a door closure 10in a slot 11 extending transversely across the door opening 2. This dooris held in Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

Serial No. 605,873.

closed position by means of a coil spring 12 fastenedto the back of theside 13 of the body of the trap, and passing around a stud 1 1 has itselongated end 15 engaging in a bracket 16 centrally disposed in the doorclosure 10. From the rear edge of the door closure 10 extends a stud 26against which bears one end of a bell crank lever 17 pivoted to thefloor 18 of the trap, the other end of whlch lever is engaged by the arm19 of an angularly disposed lever 20, which lever is pivoted to a stud21 disposed in rear of the back closure 5 and extends through a slot 22in said closure, to project into said compartment 3 to carry a bait 23.

The trap is set by opening the hinged cover 24, drawing the closure 10open against the action of the spring 12 and holding the closure 10 byengaging the bracket 26 with the lever 17, which in turn is held by thebait-holding lever 20.

The compartment 3 is not large enough to contain the body of the rat ormouse, but is only of suflicient size to admit the head of the rodent,so that as the rat or mouse puts its head within this compartment to eatthe bait 23, the knife edge 25 of the closure 10 will be opposite itsneck. Nibbling on the bait, the rodent will release the lever 20, whichin turn will release the door closure 10, and this acting by the forceof the strong spring 12, will forcibly project the knife edge of theclosure into the neck of the rodent, thereby strangling it.

Many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparentlywidely diiferent embodiments of this invention could be made withoutdeparting from the scope thereof. It is intended that all matterscontained herein in the above description or shown in the accompanyingdrawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitingsense. It is also to be understood that the language used in thefollowing claim is merely intended to cover all the generic and specificfeatures of the invention herein described and all statements of thescope of the invention, which, as a matter of language, might be said tofall therebetween, and that materials, sizes and relativities of partsare non-essential, except as called for in the claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

In a mouse trap having a compartment therein, an opening in said trapgiving entrance to said compartment, one side of said compartment beingrecessed, a sharp edged door closure movable in said recess to closesaid opening and to cut anything in its path, said closure having abracket thereon, a coil spring having one end engaging said bracket andthe other end fastened to said trap, a stud extending from said closure,a bell crank lever pivoted to said trap and engaging the said stud, andbait-holding means opposite said opening pivoted to and extendingthrough the rear Wall of said compartment and having a hooked endremovably engaging an end of said lever, Where- 15 by the movement ofthe rodent against said bait-holding means Will release the engagementof said bell crank lever with said closure, to permit said spring toactuate said closure, to decapitate the rodent.

In testimony whereof I have signed my, name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HENRY A. QUESTROY.

Vitnesses W. S. ORTON, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

